Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney The power of the war photograph is that it won’t let you look away. And nowhere is this proving truer than in Gaza. One recent example portrayed a skeletal boy, Muhammad Zakariya…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ben Spies-Butcher, Associate professor, Macquarie University It’s the defining technology of an era. But just how artificial intelligence (AI) will end up shaping our future remains a controversial question. For techno-optimists, who see the technology improving our lives, it heralds a future of material abundance.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Olena Borodyna, Senior Geopolitical Risks Advisor, ODI Global Hours before meeting Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump said he wanted to see a ceasefire in Ukraine and was “not going to be happy” if it wasn’t agreed today. The US president appears to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Graham Finlayson, Professor of Psychobiology, University of Leeds JeniFoto/Shutterstock Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become public enemy number one in nutrition debates. From dementia to obesity and an epidemic of “food addiction”, these factory-made products, including crisps, ready meals, fizzy drinks and packaged snacks, are blamed for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Gettings, Sessional Tutor, Department of History, University of Warwick A year ago, French newspaper Le Monde and Radio France broke a scandal in big water – Perrier was filtering its product. The filtering began due to worries about water contamination linked to climate change and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester (L-R) Masters of brevity Kate Bush, Tierra Whack and Billie Joe Armstrong. Wiki Commons/Canva, CC BY-SA Life is busy these days, so when you manage to get some well-earned free time, it’s important to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Catherine Loveday, Professor, Neuropsychology, University of Westminster Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock When I ask a lecture theatre full of students how they would feel if they could never listen to a piece of music again, most are horrified. Many have been plugged into their headphones until the moment the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Patricia Justino, Professor and Deputy Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University A recent Europe-wide survey has revealed an alarming picture: fewer than six in ten young Europeans believe that democracy is the best form of government. One in five say they…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Maria Stuart, Course leader, Illustration & Children’s Book Illustration, School of Arts and Media, University of Lancashire I’m greeted at the Lowry by Roald Dahl’s grinning Enormous Crocodile, who looks a bit too happy to see me and the toddler in a pushchair watching his father…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rahul Sidhu, PhD Candidate, Neuroscience, University of Sheffield Previous research has shown that as people move from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease, their lithium levels drop. photo_gonzo/ Shutterstock Alzheimer’s disease steals memories and devastates lives. Yet despite an abundance of research, the earliest brain changes…